Recent content by Royston

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    Calor Fiasco

    can fully understand your frustration waiting for Calor Lite bottles, according to a survey in the technical section, their are approx. 105.000 bottles in system where people have not returned them to their Dealers , I to had the same problem but I keep onto my original bottles and exchanged...
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    elddis avante truma electric water heater problem

    I had a faulty main electrical on off switch, although the switch was in the on position the double pole internal part was not closing due to a broken pin which the switch lever rotates on, I had a caravan service person to fit a new switch, never had any more problems after that. Royston
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    bailey pursuit pump/drain valve problem

    are you sure the water is leaking from the dump valve as people are calling it, I had a similar problem but it was the non relief valve that is located screwed into the heater via the red tube, the outlet for this tube is located very close to the dump valve discharge under the van and unless...
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    Status 315 not working

    Hi Wilson, I experienced a similar problem when I purchased my Bailey Senator van, no signal at the TV , Have you tried removing the aerial input lead to your white box and connecting directly into your TV , to see if you receive a signal,reason for asking the question , the internal TV...
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    Tow Mirrors for Mondeo Estate

    Hi, just to add to Woodlands comments I have a MK 4 Titanium X been using these mirrors last 2 years,never ever had any problems fixing them to the car external mirrors , I screw the clamp from the towing mirrors to the top of the car mirrors. Original fitting of the towing mirrors I attached a...
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    Connections for old and new caravan towcar.

    I have a adaptor made in Germany, the male connection is 13pin and the female connections are the old twin, plugged the 13pin male connection into my car 13pin socket and then just connected the twin caravan connections into the adaptor. I now have a single 13 pin connection on my newer caravan...
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    Tin Openers

    Hi Dustydog, we had I repeat we had a battery operated tin opener, that used to crawl its way around the tin , like the one you were referring to, when in the process of opening a tin of custard it just stopped, no matter what we tried to do it would not disengage from the tin, could not change...
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    C250 thetford replacing white seal bracket.

    Hi Dustdog, could not locate Thetford help telephone number, so decided to have one last attempt to remove the bracket much to my surprise the bracket clicked to the left had a bit of a struggle to get the bracket of due to one of the self tapping screws that baileys use to assemble various...
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    Calor Lite Recall IMPORTANT...PLEASE READ

    as a add on I would like to thank The Caravan Club magazine for bring my attention to the Calor gas problem. Royston
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    Calor Lite Recall IMPORTANT...PLEASE READ

    I can understand that when you have a completely empty cylinder , you would be expected to pay for a full replacement , because me as a customer have not lost any money, but with gas cylinders with gas inside , yes I would expect Calor to reimburse me with a full cylinder of Gas. As Calor has...
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    C250 thetford replacing white seal bracket.

    Hi DustyDog, Many thanks for your reply, I totally agree plastic parts ex specially on the C250 cassette , had a problem where the seals had deteriorated , so I decided to undo the top part where you are supposed to move it round to the next dot, to open up the internal area and gain access to...
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    C250 thetford replacing white seal bracket.

    Decided to purchase a brand new Thetford C250 fresh up kit , consisting wheeled toilet , it comes complete with a toilet seat, , cassette tank cleaner, and bathroom cleaner , it also comes with a replacement white seal bracket , which fits under the toilet bowl, You get a coloured...
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    Calor Lite Recall IMPORTANT...PLEASE READ

    What I would like to know who are the Calor Gas retail outlets that they refer to in their call back campaign. The first one I contacted yesterday a general building supplier who stocks Calor Lite gas bottles, had not been contacted by Calor, in fact the women verbally did not believe me...
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    Alde wet central heating systems

    Thanks very much for all your comments, It looks like that if I purchase a newer van , Baileys cannot be included within our choice due to the complete range now only have this wet type of heating. All of my caravanning life we have never experienced a cold caravan using the standard radiant...
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    Calor Lite 6kg gas cylindersa product recall

    Thanks very much for your tip, gosh to miss them I must have been away, but never mind without this months Caravan Club I would have never known, I went onto the Calor website who gave me a list of local suppliers, the first one i contacted had received no info from Calor which was worrying...